Woman beaten, raped near Lakeview apartment

March 29, 2006

Chicago police are searching for a man who they said beat and sexually assaulted a woman as she walked into a Lakeview apartment building early Tuesday morning.

Around 1 a.m., the man attacked the victim as she arrived at the building in the 600 block of West Addison Street, said Monique Bond, police spokeswoman. He dragged the woman, who is in her 20s, to a utility room on the ground floor near the laundry room, where the rape occurred, police said.

She was punched in the face and suffered multiple cuts and a bloody nose.

The suspect is described as black and likely is in his late 20s. He is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and has a slim build, a dark complexion and short black hair. Police also said he has short, uneven facial hair and was wearing plain, silver-rimmed glasses.